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Adams, Gerry

Adams, Gerry (1948-...), became the president of Sinn Fein, an Irish nationalist political party, in 1983. Sinn Fein is the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), a group that has long sought to unite the country of Ireland with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.

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